Science|Business Reporting

The 2011 Global Innovation Index complied by the business School INSEAD puts Switzerland in the number one spot, with Sweden second and Singapore third

Past winners of the Science|Business ACES award alumni continue to score. The international business school INSEAD in Fontainebleau is studying the 45 university spinouts to indentify the success factors for high tech spin outs in Europe

An expert group set up by the Commission has set out guidelines on giving European industry a competitive edge in deploying Key Enabling Technologies (KETs)

Thirteen photonics research projects are being launched in high-speed fibre broadband networks with the aim of developing technologies to deliver super fast internet speeds to the home in excess of 1 Gigabit per second

The pharma industry spent less on drug R&D last year than at any time in the last three years and there was a fall in the number of drugs getting approval, and of products in early-stage trials

The EMA says Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics’ Glybera for treating a serious enzyme deficiency, is not ready for approval

Stephan Tanda, a director of DSM, the Dutch life sciences company, has been appointed to head the pan-European industry body

Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner has announced the winner of the competition to name the future EU funding programme for research and innovation

The multinational company is accused of failing to market a device developed by the UK Ministry of Defence for diagnosing infections of the superbug, going against the terms agreed when 3M acquired the device

The pharmaceutical sector launched a Framework for Action to tackle non-communicable diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases that are posing a threat to public health, and public and private finances worldwide.